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BingoMcJiggles Posts: 3 Joined: 2003/12/13	2003/12/13, 04:36 PM I have been lifting for several months now. My goal is to increase my muscle mass. I weight about 136 and I am 5’7. I have gotten much stronger but the problem is I have a difficult time putting on extra pounds. My friends all tell me if it doesn’t matter how often or how much you can lift. If you don’t have fat to convert into muscles you will just stay the same. I am considered a “hard gainer.” I have been trying to eat like a cow but it is not working. I usually have 4-5 meals a day. My daily meals go something like this. Breakfast: A bowl of cereal. Lunch I: Bagel and a Drink Lunch II: Steak/Chinese Food/Pizza Dinner Steak/Chinese Food/Pizza Also I usually drink about 3-4 glasses of Whey Protein in between meals. I know my diet is horrible but I don’t have the time or money to prepare healthy meals. Then I tried to take some of the weight gainers stuff but they are just too much for me. I usually end up throwing the stuff back up. Recently I came across two interesting product Muscle Milk and Juiced Protein. http://www.bodybuildingdiscount.com/CYT13320.htm http://www.bodybuildingdiscount.com/PIN9494.htm Anyone ever tried any of these products. I want to try and use them together. Muscle Milk as a meal replacement and Juiced Protein for protein. Any suggestions or supplement recommendations? Also I am staying from creatine and pills.
BingoMcJiggles Posts: 3 Joined: 2003/12/13	2003/12/13, 04:40 PM Oops I posted this message in the wrong section. Sorry please discard this.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/12/13, 05:00 PM Firts off....You can tell your friends that muscle does NOT convert to fat. The Mmore muscle (lean tissue) that you build the easier it will be to burn the fat. Muscle takes calories to maintain and if you don't exceed in your faT and carb intake it will take it from fat storages. Secondly...your diet needs alot of work. Cereal is mostly carbs an processed. Your bagel again is carbs. Steak has protein and fat. Chinese is usually fried (carbs and fat) Pizza, carbs and fat. Try and eat good whole grains and fibrous carbs. Up your protein from many cheap sources, like egg whites, chicken breast, low fat cottage cheese, tuna to name a few. Only have good fats, like olive oil, fish products contain protein and omega 3 fats. Sorry to give you a bad wrap on the diet, but it is very important key in a good training routine. Hope this makes a little sense. Good Luck. -------------- "A will finds a way" Ivan Montreal Canada